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Former President Donald Trump is now selling Bibles as he runs to return to the White House.
Trump, who became the presumptive Republican nominee earlier this month, released a video on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday urging his supporters to buy the “God Bless the USA Bible,” which is inspired by country singer Lee Greenwood’s patriotic ballad. Trump takes the stage to the song at each of his rallies and has appeared with Greenwood at events.
“Happy Holy Week! Let’s Make America Pray Again. As we lead into Good Friday and Easter, I encourage you to get a copy of the God Bless the USA Bible,” Trump wrote, directing his supporters to a website selling the book for $59.99.
The effort comes as Trump has faced a serious money crunch amid mounting legal bills while he fights four criminal indictments along with a series of civil charges. Trump was given a reprieve Monday when a New York appeals court agreed to hold off on collecting the more than $454 million he owes following a civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175 million within 10 days. Trump has already posted a $92 million bond in connection with defamation cases brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of sexual assault.
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Isn’t this the type of thing Jesus got angry about?
Trump is an amalgamation of just about everything Jesus preached against.
And sure bears uncanny resemblance to the antichrist (who IIRC was based on some asshole Roman Caesar or something… Who was probably a crooked, narcissistic piece of shit like DT)
between the antichrist parallels, the world unexplainably heating up and an ongoing war in Israel, I’m starting to look forward to all the chucklefucks getting raptured.
The “God is actually real” scenario isn’t going to end with the chucklefucks getting raptured. There’s going to be a whole lot of confusion down in the Bible Belt. Probably followed by deciding they were passed over because they didn’t hate their neighbors enough.
Oh, in was just trying to make a joke but of course I’m with you. I’ve never been much of a believer myself but I’ve always tried to live as best I can just in case :)
All they know about Jesus is that he does a good job on the landscaping. And since he’s one of those illegals, they can pay him off the books.
He’s almost the anti christ
It’s exactly what he literally flipped tables over and whipped greedy religious-item merchants about.
What, blasphemy? Yeah, pretty sure most Judeo-Christian texts frown upon using the lord’s name in vain (and for profit).
That and fig trees.
Given what this week is, that’s remarkably appropriate timing to bring that up!
Hey MAGA Christians, this is what antichrist shit looks like, maybe it’s time to realize you’re backing the wrong golden calf.
This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard. How does this shit keep working for him?
You know any republicans? They’re dumber than dogshit.
And the ones that aren’t use the ones that are.
Trump represents everything his MAGoos love; shameless self indulgence and contempt for anything intellectual.
Trump: I love the poorly educated
How does this shit keep working for him?
Boomers were/are huge on collectibles.
So they see buying this shit not only as support for trump, but an investment.
They imagine a world 20 years from now where they have been proven right and this will become a family heirloom they’ll tell their great grand children about how they were right and luckily they saved the world.
And then everyone will clap and apologize for doubting them.
The one thing everyone has in common is they need hope. Dangerous politicians tell voters that the world will end if the other candidate is elected, and they’re the only ones that can stop it.
It’s so dangerous because people who fall for it, will excuse absolutely anything their “team” does. Because the world will end if their team loses. In a worst case scenario we end up with the illusion of choice, where both candidates are incredibly similar, but voters only care about a handful of issues that just doesn’t really matter to either of the candidates.
It’s like that episode of “Always Sunny” where Frank and Dennis distract Mac and Charlie about lime thickness so they stop asking about all the shady economic shit going on at the bar. Frank and Dennis don’t give a fuck about lime thickness, they just want to divide people so they stop asking about the money.
Cult of personality, it’s textbook.
IMO, becoming a bible salesman is like the most stereotypical con-man gig…
The former President of the United States is selling bibles, NFTs, and gold painted shoes. Let that sink in for a moment.
“Well that depends, can you go fuck yourself?” - Bubbles
Ask him for his favorite passage.
Two Corinthians walk into a bar… A beautiful bar, let me tell you, you’ve never seen anything like it.
Since it’s a modified Bible that includes “copies of the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance, as well as a handwritten chorus of the famous Greenwood song,” maybe it’s this one.
“Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.” (Deut. 4:2.)
Yep, that’s right, Dishonest Don is hawking blasphemous Bibles to the rubes.
I heard it’s got Mein Kampf in there too.
As Jesus himself said in 2 Corinthians: “Man, Woman, Camera, TV”
Every time I see these hustles [NFTs or sneakers or a lottery to visit him at the White House] I think that Team Rocket could have figured out a way to extort money from Saudi Arabia or Putin.
He could also just try asking the courts if he can pretty please not be punished (again). That seems to have continued working every time he’s tried it so far.
“Is it your bible?”
“It’s a bible”
He’d only have to sell 8 million books to cover the judgement…
Which one?
Maybe he should read what he sells.
He does, he keeps a copy of Mein Kampf on his bedside table.
It’s funny that you think he can read.
Are they autographed? Cause that would be the ultimate hubris.
I thought you guys had separation of church and state in your constitution?
He’s a candidate right now, so not obligated to follow the rules that the government is required to follow
Ah ok. So it only applies once elected?
Well you’re never gonna believe this, but…
I just find one whole thing crazy. I live in a country where the head of state of the head is the church yet when it comes to politics religion is barely mentioned. The USA makes this whole noise about separating these things, and yet it seems to be elected you have to be (or at just be seen to be) a religious nut job.
You have to either be or act like you are a specifically Christian nut job to be elected if you’re Republican. Democrats just have to claim to be Christian.
It is absolutely crazy. This country is disgusting. Is your country accepting american immigrants? I’m about done living here.
Who would hold him to it? Seems the biggest flaw was assuming that a person who should be at that space would have better judgement.
While there is unfortunately a lot of breaking of that rule right now, this is not one of them.
One day we will get to tell our great grandchildren about the time that the den-of-theives card was played on Trump… By a motherfucking Cheney!
What a failure
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Trump, who became the presumptive Republican nominee earlier this month, released a video on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday urging his supporters to buy the “God Bless the USA Bible,” which is inspired by country singer Lee Greenwood’s patriotic ballad.
Billing itself as “the only Bible endorsed by President Trump!” the new venture’s website calls it “Easy-to-read” with “large print” and a “slim design” that “invites you to explore God’s Word anywhere, any time.”
Besides a King James Version translation, it includes copies of the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance, as well as a handwritten chorus of the famous Greenwood song.
Trump has also dabbled in NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, and last year reported earning between $100,000 and $1 million from a series of digital trading cards that portrayed him in cartoon-like images, including as an astronaut, a cowboy and a superhero.
Trump remains deeply popular with white evangelical Christians, who are among his most ardent supporters, even though the thrice-married former reality TV star has a long history of behavior that often seemed at odds with teachings espoused by Christ in the Gospels.
When he was president, law enforcement officers aggressively removed racial justice protesters from a park near the White House, allowing Trump to walk to nearby St. John’s Church, where he stood alone and raised a Bible.
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